recent/upcoming
Couples therapy documentary series on Showtime
Interviewing and casting couples for the critically acclaimed series - ongoing
Field Producing and casting for Citizen Global / wild media
Wrote script, assisted in casting, coordinated with and directed talent as part of an immersive persona segmentation workshop for a global financial client.
Elements of Documentary Theatre and writing
Informed by her experience in documentary theater, as well as her work as a bookwriter and lyricist for musicals, Alex Becker will guide folks through a process of investigating personal narratives and community histories and adapting them into live performance works.
The Voice Project
"When we heal the self, we heal the voice. When we heal the voice, we heal the self."
Winter 2024
~ Continuing daily voice practice in new shared studio space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fall 2023
~ Daily solo practice and curriculum development in Brooklyn, NY
Spring 2023
~ Workshops in Philly and NY with Rumbos Voice Studio and Roy Hart Voice instructors
Summer 2022
~ Voice Project Residency to develop curriculum @MERCURY STORE in Brooklyn
~ Monthlong intensive with Rumbos Voice Studio in Santiago, Chile
Summer 2021
~ Rumbos Voice Workshop at Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia
Casting for Sunday
Film
After the sudden death of her estranged mother, a woman grieves this loss alongside her mother’s partner. An intergenerational story about queer love and grief.
‘Then She ran’ selected for ‘THEatre ACCELERATOR: The Heroine’s Journey in XR’
Using cutting-edge technology including augmented and virtual realities to advance the future of storytelling, writers develop and distribute new musicals that forefront female identifying characters.
performing in The young playwrights festival at the O’neill.
May 12-14, 2023 at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT
54 Below evening of new songs. dec 19, 2022
Lunevál: an evening of reflection and revelry. oct 14, 2022
Artists guide community through creative rituals in an immersive, theatrical setting. Devised and performed by Alex Becker, Brandy Hoang Collier, Erika Ji, and Mikey Rosenbaum.
Then She Ran to Scranton Fringe Fest!!
Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2022
Teaching Artist Residency with Ping Chong & Company
March - May 2022 — using peer interview techniques, writing exercises, and theatrical tools, we’re guiding young folks in Bed-Stuy through a process of creating and performing docu-theater with themes surrounding identity, place, belonging, and self- and community-based reflection.
BGVs for Mikey Rose at Starr Bar:
Then She Ran: a modern folktale musical
Then She Ran follows three women from different generations who run away from their lives and land in a dark swamp where they meet each other and a group of vagabond artists called the Bone Crew who use music, in exchange for secrets, to guide lost people toward their truth.
I was in Love with the City
a song cycle.
Music and Lyrics by Alex Becker
VILLAGE SONG
In partnership with Village Preservation + Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, we explore The Village through song, spoken word, poetry, and imagery. Village Song investigates one of New York’s most iconic neighborhoods with new works about the people, places, and ideas that evoke the unique and inspiring living history of The Village.
Village Song, Part 1 - Begins streaming Feb 1, 2021
Village Song, Part 2 - Begins streaming Feb 8, 2021
Village Song, Part 3 - Begins streaming Feb 15, 2021
Lottery Ticket
A 20-minute quarantine operetta based on the Chekhov short story.
Book and Lyrics by Alex Becker, Music by Kat Cartusciello
Goo World, A Podcast and stage musical
An adaptation of the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme.
Book by Alex Becker, Music by Earl Marrows, Lyrics by Spencer Grubbe
Flea Fridays
Flea Fridays is an immersive cabaret in residence at The Flea’s indoor/outdoor theater, The Pete. Each one features some of downtown’s most daring artists, who invite audiences to engage with our most pressing social questions. March 29th and April 5th, 2019 at The Flea.
SERIALS @ The Flea
Catch Alex singing in the pre-show band at SERIALS, a raucous late night play competition featuring emerging playwrights, directors, and actors. 10:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays at The Flea. Runs May 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 2019.
An Off-Broadway Alliance Best Family Show Nominee!
Not My Monster!
Have you ever noticed a small bearded man running around your house? Look again because Russian folklore promises that every home has a Domovoi, the house spirit who protects the family. Join us as we journey to find our missing Domovoi! Saturdays through March 2019 at The Flea.
singing with Oropendola At Rockwood Music Hall and pete’s :
Singing backup harmonies for the lovely Oropendola (Joanna Schubert) @Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, June 7th, 2019, and at Pete’s in Brooklyn, July 9th, 2019.
